Sisi Sote Ni Zaidi Sana

James Baldwin: We are so much more

KISWAHILI

"Mimi ni huyo mtu kwamba wakati, hali, historia, imenitengenezea, kwa hakika, lakini mimi, pia, ni zaidi ya hiyo. Sisi sote hivyo ndivyo.”

- James A. Baldwin (1924-1987)

[Koma asilia za Baldwin zilihifadhiwa.]

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

“I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am, also, much more than that. So are we all.”

- James A. Baldwin (1924-1987)

[Baldwin’s original commas were retained.]

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Kuhusu (About):

KISWAHILI

James Baldwin (1924-1987) alikuwa mwandishi, mwandishi wa tamthilia na mwanaharakati wa haki za kiraia wa Marekani.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

James Baldwin (1924-1987) was an author, playwright, and vocal U.S. civil rights activist.

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KISWAHILI: Asante na tutaonana tena,

Mmerikani

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Thank you and may we see each other again,

Mmerikani

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Chanzo (source): Baldwin, James A. Collected Essays, selections made by Toni Morrison, 1988, 810. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/collectedessays0000bald/page/810/mode/1up?q=circumstance&view=theater.

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